Because She Had A Time Limit, She Became The Villain’s Daughter-in-law

intervene.

“You have been sharing the same room, though you didn’t even realize your wife’s symptoms.
Now, you are trying to doubt my sight?”

Duke Icard asked, raising his chin arrogantly and glancing down at Evan.

“In addition, the exact name of Laria’s disease is already diagnosed.”

…Ah, after all, I was the person who told Serena the name and what to say.
It seemed as though the Dark Information Guild was eviler and master-minded than the villain himself.

In the end, I became the transmigrated person who was on top of the ultimate villain.

“How indifferent are you to your wife, that you didn’t see her throwing up blood?”

“Did father know this before as well?”

“Of course.
I have even ordered handkerchiefs.”

Well, now he was just being shameless, acting as if he found out because he was attentive, even though he knew it from the very beginning…

When Evan was speechless, Duke Icard raised his chin and spoke with a look of victory.

“I even got a thank-you card.”

“I got that card, too.” Evan scoffed.

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“Did she draw a picture there?”

“There was… no drawing in it.”

“Well, there was one in mine.”

“…Still, the content she wrote was quite long.”

“How many lines?”

I was dumbfounded and stared at the two of them alternately, confused.
Regardless of how the conversations between Duke Icard and Evan would be, I was hoping for a more honest talk.
But I didn’t exactly picture it would go this way.

‘Is this what you two really want to talk about right now?’

“Hey, Evan…”

I rolled my eyes and intervened.
It seemed like there would be no end to it at this rate.

“If you’re a little upset that you have a sick wife then…”

“No way, Laria.”

He cut my sentence and denied it vigorously.

As expected, no matter how quarrelsome they may be, Evan always followed his father’s will so it wouldn’t matter if I had an illness or not.

“Then, if looking at me makes you recall Lady Matilda…”

“Why would I think of Mother when I look at you?”

Oh, wasn’t that it? I surely thought that you felt I was similar to Matilda…

“Anyway, thanks to my treatment, she improved a lot…”

Serena quickly stretched her shoulders and stepped in confidently.

“I think it would be better to go for a full treatment and take a break in a retreat.”

“A retreat…?”

“Yes! The Duchy is so close to the Capital that there’s not much greenery… I think a place with a slightly higher temperature and dense forest would be nice.
Since she has bad lungs, breathing in some good air could maximize the effectiveness of her treatment.”

I wasn’t sure if that would make sense, but anyway…

At Serena’s words, Evan and Duke Icard’s expressions hardened at the same time.
It was just a worried face, but my heart started pounding rapidly.

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“There is a villa in Borotna Estate owned by the Duke, right? So, why don’t you let her stay there?”

The Borotna Estate was close to the Hanua Estate that I bought under a borrowed name.

What Serena was planning was to distance myself from Evan in the name of recovery.

She also mentioned that if I was far away from him, I wouldn’t get too close to Evan, and I could prevent any kind of obsession from his side in the future.

In addition, she even said…

“Avoid your husband’s eyes and go.
Play with any man you want! Just look at me, you need to meet a lot of guys to have good eyes with men.”

Obviously, contrary to Serena’s opinion, money was much more urgent than men, although I agreed with getting out of the Duke’s residence.

Personally, to avoid any possible issues later, I would first go to Borotna Estate and secretly build a foundation to stay in Hanua.

To settle down in Hanua, I had to carefully come up with a plan for a house and other stuff.
Duke Icard was also very busy controlling the Duchy.
It was quite burdensome for him to run a land like that.

No matter if I borrowed the name or not, I was still the owner of the territory, so I couldn’t just leave my Hanua property unattended.

“Then, Laria can heal completely?”

Evan asked, staring at Serena.

“I wouldn’t say anything like a complete recovery… still, she would be able to recover quite well.”

“You…”

I was surprised at how fierce the glare directed at Serena.

As expected, no matter how good Evan was doing these days, my instincts still shouted ‘dangerous!’

Of course, there was no way a person could turn into a gentle boy all of a sudden like that.

“Are you certain she’ll get better when she goes to Borotna?”

He questioned Serena again with a darkened expression.

Nonetheless, Serena answered firmly.

“Yes, I’ll bet my doctor’s license.”

‘Serena, you don’t have a license…’

Her level of shamelessness was similar to mine.